01.06.1982 Assistant to Department of General Surgery,Graz
1982 Internship at Department of Emergency Surgery, Graz
1983 Internship at Department of Internal Medicine, Graz
1984-1990 Member of microsurgical replantationteam at department of Plastic Surgery
1985 Microsurgical Course at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich
1987 Internship at Department of Forensic Medicine,Graz
1987 Internship at Department of Anaesthesiology,Graz
1990 Temporary replacements of heads of surgery at hospitals Bad Aussee and Mariazell, Styria
1994-1995 Postgraduate College for management of medical head positions at the University of Vienna and Salzburg

Board certification

1989 Surgery

Current appointment

1990 – Staff/Senior Surgeon at Department of General Surgery, Karl-Franzens University Graz
1996 Head of Breast cancer working group at Dep.of Surgery
Past-President of the Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology
Past-Executive committee member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)
Founding and council member of the World Federation of Surgical Oncology Societies (WFSOS)

Professional societies

International

European Society of Surgical Oncology, Executive committee member 1992-1998;
World Federation of Surgical Oncology Societies (WFSOS), Founding and Council member;
1992;
Executive Member WFSOS (Public Relations),1999;
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), 1989; Breast Cancer Cooperative Group

Editorial Board of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 1999;
Editor of the WFSOS-News-Letter and WFSOS-Home Page, 1999;www.wfsos.com
Editorial board of the Annals of Cancer Research and Treatment, 2000